[TenTec] Orion1 firmware enhancements

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Only time and firmware installation and use in the field will tell.

We've all complained about firmware being released with "bugs".  Comments 
like, "they should have found that" were noted to abound.  Well, now it is 
time to wait for a round of testing.  Hopefully to find all those remaining 
bugs and exterminate them.  However, when it's released, I'd expect to here 
that such and such feature or enhancement wasn't included or such and such 
function or operation was messed up in the latest release.

Be patient and see what's offered.  Remember, firmware isn't really firm 
because it can be changed at a later date.

And yes, I'm waiting on several enhancements and new features for the Omni 
VII to be released too.  I figure that release is several months away at 
best.  Patience preservers.


73
Bob, K4TAX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion1 firmware enhancements


> Especially if that leads to a fix to get the notch into the AGC loop.
>
>         Ron N6IE
>      www.N6IE.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:08 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion1 firmware enhancements
>
>
>> If you have no interest in the Orion's internal sweep (I prefer
>> LP-PAN), the only major change listed for the upcoming release is "AGC
>> enhancements for RF AGC vs. AF AGC".  It's not obvious exactly what
>> this means, how significant it will be and whether it makes a big
>> enough improvement to seduce many die-hard v1 users into finally
>> converting to v2.  Potentially, this phrase can be interpreted to mean
>> that they've re-worked the rx gain distribution (i.e., "AF" probably
>> means "dsp"), so there really could be some serious upside to this new
>> release.
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry N1EU
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